Google Wallet now supported by seven new retailers [video]

Google recently announced that its Google Wallet NFC mobile payment service now accepts a host of new retail locations, including American Eagle Outfitters, Foot Locker, Jamba Juice, Guess, The Container Store, Toys”R”Us and OfficeMax. Previously, the payments were only accepted in a handful of Walgreens and Subway sandwich stores in San Francisco and New York. In addition, Google says its Offers service, which provides discounts at each location, is also available in a number of the aforementioned retail outlets. Users can purchase a smoothie from Jamba Juice for $2 or take 15% off at Macy’s, for example. Unfortunately, Google Wallet is still only available to owners of Sprint’s Nexus S 4G, but we hope to hear more about Google’s NFC plans during its joint Ice Cream Sandwich press conference with Samsung in Hong Kong tonight at 10:00 p.m. EST. A video of Google Wallet in action follows below.

Is this at every Toys R Us? Every AE? If so then there is something to see here. Big Bro. He’s a watchin. From the comfort of his couch with his iPad on his Big Bro Google Wallet Control Panel App.

::Boston accent:: Irregardless,

::normal accent:: I’m not going to rely on my smartphone as my only option for purchasing something. What if your Sammy locks up or battery dies? Can it still be read? Is the data for your smart chip or whatever it is stored locally? I need to research this more I guess.

Anonymous

Hey DetroitTech. Why don’t you go and READ about NFC before saying … I’m not going to trust my smartphone blah blah blah. You don’t even know how it works and you poopoo it.

Why not go and do some research first or go and post a question in a support forum?

Anonymous

I did say I need to research more however I didn’t say I didn’t trust it. I said I wouldn’t rely on it as my only option. I didn’t “poopoo” it I questioned it. As it brings on a new kind of fraud and identity theft.

BTW Thanks for reminding me to research it more. I did and found this.

”
Although the communication range of NFC is limited to a few
centimeters, NFC alone does not ensure secure communications. In 2006,
Ernst Haselsteiner and Klemens Breitfuß described different possible
types of attacks, and detail how to leverage NFC’s resistance to Man-in-the-middle attacks to establish a specific key.
Unfortunately, as this technique is not part of the ISO standard, NFC
offers no protection against eavesdropping and can be vulnerable to data
modifications. Applications may use higher-layer cryptographic protocols (e.g., SSL)
to establish a secure channel. Ensuring security for NFC data will
require the cooperation of multiple parties: device providers, who will
need to safeguard NFC-enabled phones with strong cryptography and
authentication protocols; customers, who will need to protect their
personal devices and data with passwords, keypad locks, and anti-virus
software; and application providers and transaction parties, who will
need to use anti-virus and other security solutions to prevent spyware
and malware from infecting systems.

Eavesdropping

The RF signal for the wireless data transfer can be picked up with
antennas. The distance from which an attacker is able to eavesdrop the
RF signal depends on numerous parameters, but is typically a small
number of metres.
Also, eavesdropping is highly affected by the communication mode. A
passive device that doesn’t generate its own RF field is much harder to
eavesdrop on than an active device. One Open source device that is able to eavesdrop on passive and active NFC communications is the Proxmark instrument”

I still think NFC is useful I can see having a couple chips scattered throughout the house and car triggering events.

Thomas Vales

lol, at the lady calling this innovative when japan has had similar if not more advanced services since like 2007, but I cant wait for the Galaxy Nexus to come to AT&T so I can have this feature.

Anonymous

The international version will be pentaband. So if you want to shell out the cash(how much is it?) and buy it unlocked you can do that on release day. Come on you know you got some gadgets you can unload on Ebay. lol

Anonymous

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Keymaker

NFC is dead until Apple says or do anything. All these companies are begging Apple to pick up NFC so it can get some attention, Lmao. Again, NFC is going no where until mainly Apple or Microsoft picks it up. Google does make a lot of noice but it doesn’t have the Mojo yet.

http://twitter.com/_elemenopee_ Kavin Nguyen

You’re an idiot. Are you some kind of NFC expert we don’t know about? The tech just came out in the US. It started with two retailers and now seven more big names are adopting it. Please provide us with sufficient evidence to back up your gibberish. Not dissing Apple or MS, but Google is doing big things just as well as those two companies.

Keymaker

7 retailers in almost 2 years? Lmao. Dude anything Apple piss on everyone pick it up, love them or hate them but it’s the true. By the way they picked the crappies retailers around.

Tim242

NFC has been standard elsewhere in the world for 10 yrs. Apple not required.

Keymaker

I believe it’s longer than 10 years and I’m pretty sure Apple is not jumping on it for that same reason. If Apple does pick up NFC I’m 90% sure it will be for other things other than payments.

http://twitter.com/#!/PitoVH787 Pito V.H

is cool but only one cell phone ?

Anonymous

What’s 1% of 1%? lol.

iWant1

so what if i lose my phone?
i know…so what if i lose my wallet???
i suppose i can track my phone-remote wipe my phone-etc
when are more devises going to come with nfc?
i just got the GS2E4G on Sprint-according to the defunct Premier program, I was able to upgrade every 11 mos-now…18mos.
Wake me in 2013.

Anonymous

Don’t feel bad, its the same now with at&t.

Kris Gagge

I just picked this up from the app store on my HTC Glacier (T-Mobile). Haven’t used it yet though……..

Justin_L

I can’t wait till we get NFC on the iPhone. It’s looking like we’ll have it next summer. Mobile payments will be awesome! This is the only reason to be jealous of Android right now.